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Warrior Artists Historic Cheyenne and Kiowa Indian Ledger Art. by Herman Viola Published by National Geographic Washington 1998 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Book/DJ Condition: F/F 0.6 x 8.87 x 11.31 Inches; 125 pp; An artistic community unique in American history flourished in St. Augustine, Florida, between 1975 and 1978. Some 70 Plains Indians, Imprisoned for their refusal to accept life on the reservations, produced an extraordinary body of work that chronicled their history, their lives, and their experience of exile from the freedom so central to their heritage Called "ledger art" after the large lined books that in most cases were the first form of paper they used, these remarkable pencil and ink depictions are vivid evocations of a poignant chapter in American history. A superbly annotated reproduction of one such ledger, originally presented to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the late 19th century. Warrior Artists is alive with color and movement, and presents more than 50 eloquent drawings by two of the finest practitioners of this traditional narrative art. Book is like new, FEP was stuck on extreme edge to DJ flap which damaged edge of decorations. ISBN: 0792273702 Keywords: Art, Indian,

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